Podcast: Prison systems need to acknowledge widespread corruption

Prisons are precisely the sort of environment where you might think that corruption would easily develop and prosper, which is why it is perhaps surprising that relatively little has been done so far to tackle it.

In the ninth of our expert blog series, former UK prison governor and criminal justice expert, John Podmore, says that recognition that corruption is widespread is long overdue, describes the main types of corrupt practices that tend to occur, and looks at the few states who have taken concrete steps to address it.

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